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Canadian Corner  >>  Canadian Citizenship Test

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.



1
"To strike out" means...

to be dismissed from work.
to wake up in a bad mood.
to succeed at something.
to fail at something.

2
Which word now means a wooded area and formerly meant any area of the countryside?

starve
hunger
home run
forest

3
To "face off " means to...

to be dismissed from work.
to remove your face.
to look the other way.
to have a tense or important meeting.

4
In America, a person uses "that" to identify the person they are calling on the telephone.

true
false

5
What English is this? - Did he finish the job? He has done.

American
British

6
Which idiom means to help someone in need?

home run
go to bat
get the ax
strike out

7
Where is it common for one to laugh at one's problems?

United Kingdom
America

8
Which idiom did not originate from baseball?

go to bat
face off
home run
struck out

9
Meat now means ...

a food.
a food from plants.
a food from animal flesh.
a food from vegetables.

10
The original meaning of the word starve is....

the death of a person by home run.
the death of a person by any means.
the death of a person by hunger.
the death of a person by drowning.





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